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2009 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2009th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 9th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 10th and last year of the 2000s decade.
A bomb in Afghanistan kills four American soldiers, making 2009 the deadliest year for foreign troops since the 2001 invasion. A gas explosion at a coal mine in Shanxi, China, kills at least 14 people. (China Daily) The United States budget deficit for 2009 will reach $1.6 trillion, the highest ever recorded.
Events from the year 2009 in the United States.. The inauguration of Barack Obama as the president, occurred on January 20.The nation, still recovering from the Great Recession, received various economic stimuli through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and similar legislation, which most notably gave Americans tax credits.
The Gran Telescopio Canarias, the world's largest reflecting telescope, is inaugurated by King Juan Carlos I of Spain. ( The New York Times ) Afghan President Hamid Karzai , setting out his election manifesto, vows to make foreign troops sign a framework governing how they operate in a bid to limit civilians casualties.
2009 Ongoing Sudanese nomadic conflicts: Various tribes Various tribes 2009 2017 Insurgency in the North Caucasus. Part of the Chechen–Russian conflict Russia Chechnya Dagestan Ingushetia Kabardino-Balkaria North Ossetia–Alania; Kadyrovtsy; Other loyalists; Caucasus Emirate (2009–17) Vilayat Dagestan (2009–17) Vilayat Galgayche (2009–17)
August 3 – 9 – 2009 World Waterski Championships in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. July 11 – 19 – 2009 Lusophony Games in Lisbon, Portugal. July 16 – 26 – World Games 2009 in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Chinese delegation boycotts the opening ceremony on July 16. [3] 2009 Summer Deaflympics is held in Taipei, Taiwan
The year 2009 involved numerous significant scientific events and discoveries, some of which are listed below. 2009 was designated the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations. [ 1 ] Events, discoveries and inventions
January 1 - Nizar Rayan, Palestinian (born 1959) January 1 - Helen Suzman, South African (born 1924) January 15 - Said Seyam, Palestinian (born 1957) January 25 - Mamadou Dia, Senegalese (born 1910)